Tips for those who've faced foreclosure

If your home was foreclosed on between Jan. 1, 2009, and Dec. 31, 2010, you may qualify for a free Independent Foreclosure Review to determine whether you should receive financial or other compensation for errors and other problems during the foreclosure process. You have until the end of the year to apply.

State members of the Settlement Monitoring Committee have selected an administrator to handle the logistics of distributing cash payments to foreclosed homeowners. The settlement administrator is currently working to identify homeowners eligible for the cash payments. Checks are expected to go out early in 2013.

Homeowners can submit requests for help to the California Attorney General: